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Alania
Alania meaning
A medieval kingdom of the Alans (proto-Ossetians) in the Northern Caucasus, roughly in the location of the modern republics of Adygea, Chechnya, Ingushetia and North Ossetia-Alania in modern Russia, existing from the 9th to 13th centuries CE. | North Ossetia-Alania: A republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Northern Caucasus mountains.
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Culture There are six professional theaters in North Ossetia-Alania, as well as Ossetian State Philarmonia.
When Alans had moved to Europe, these Goths occupied the part of the former Alania in Crimea and were called Gothoalans, Russian occupying another part were called Roxolans.